Explore Spring Mountain, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Spring Mountain, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Spring Mountain, Queensland, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Spring Mountain and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Spring Mountain.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Spring Mountain |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Ipswich City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -27.70789 |
| Longitude | 152.87825 |
| Area | 19.1 km² |
| Elevation | 93 m |
| Postcode | 4300 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 30 km south-southwest |
Spring Mountain is a locality in the Ipswich City local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 19.1 km². It sits at an elevation of around 93 m above sea level. It lies approximately 30 km south-southwest of Brisbane. Spring Mountain is located at 27.7079°S, 152.8783°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4300.
Spring Mountain rises from the Queensland landscape with a quiet dignity, its contours softened by a generous cloak of native bushland. It lies 13.0 km south-west of Forest Lake, QLD (from Forest Lake, QLD: bearing 221°T), and is situated 6.7 km south-south-east of Redbank Plains. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes, where eucalypts stand sentinel, their silvery leaves catching the light and whispering secrets on the breeze. Patches of cleared land, once carved out for human endeavour, now return to a wilder state, dotted with the hardy resilience of wattles and the vibrant hues of flowering shrubs. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of dry grass and the subtle perfume of unseen blossoms, a constant reminder of the living world that persists here.
The history of Spring Mountain is one of gradual settlement, where early pastoralists sought out its fertile pockets and the promise of sustenance. While no grand industrial centres dominate its profile, the land has long supported a rhythm of farming and grazing, the echoes of which can still be felt in the occasional weathered fence line or the more open spaces between the trees. Today, a more contemporary character defines Spring Mountain, a place where the pace of life is measured by the changing seasons and the quiet industry of its residents. The nearby urban centres offer a counterpoint, yet here, on Spring Mountain, a sense of enduring connection to the land remains, a subtle but palpable influence on the lives lived within its embrace.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Spring Mountain, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Spring Mountain, in the Ipswich City local government area.
Detailed location data for Spring Mountain includes the postcode (4300), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Ipswich City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Spring Mountain is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |